Quotes About Motivation

I had an older brother that would beat me in everything, and then he would rub my nose in it, and that made me work even harder.

My parents and my older brother played. You kind of want to do what your family does. They were on the court. I'm like, 'I want to be on the court, too.'

My older brother was always in the gym, and I saw how hard he worked. Around middle school, I was in there with him, and I started to love it. But it wasn't like I had a basketball in my hand at age 2.

People say I'm like a cross between Jamie Oliver, Russell Brand and Mr Motivator.

I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

If there's any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes... that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin saying that I inspired her. I'm so humbled by that. I think that's amazing.

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?'

At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but she was very serious.

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.

In Jamaica High School in New York, my coach was Larry Ellis, and he said I could probably make the Olympic team. He gave me something to shoot for.

The incentive of a medal at the biggest sporting arena in the world is what drives me. Before I hang my gloves, I want to win the Olympic medal, and my performance at London will decide my future in the sport.

The hunger has come back now because I want to be a double Olympic champion. I want to be a legend.

We have to harness the Olympic experience and this inspiration young people have to get into sport.

Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.

I feel like the thing that motivates me is not making the Olympic team. If I'm having a rough day, I think about how bad I want it.

I think it was just me who thought I could be Olympic champion. I've been telling myself that, and I did that.

I think about Rio every day. Every day in training, it's something that drives me forward. I want to be Olympic champion.

I'm a two-time Olympian, but ever since I was a little girl, the Olympic dream has influenced me.

If I can inspire at least one per cent to live what I lived being a part of the Canadian Olympic team then I'm very happy with that.

I'm happy to see that more girls are going into weightlifting and aiming to become Olympic medalists as well.

A goal of making it to the Olympic Games has motivated me to work very hard in my sport.